Naturally

It's happened. The dreaded day that I was hoping wouldn't rear its ugly head for at least six more months, is upon us too soon. This morning, Abby decided that she would climb out of her crib. And to this I said, "WHAT?!?" Why do I seem so annoyed by this? Well...because she is only 18 months old!! Greaaaat. Honestly, I'm not surprised at all. This was about the time that Mr. Alex decided to do the same thing. I suppose I should just be thankful that she didn't attempt to do this two months ago. The part that annoys me so much, is the fact that I just recently got my nights back. Once I disposed of our nightly rocking chair episodes, and finally got both of the wee ones to sleep without my assistance, I got one to two extra hours every night where all I had to do was enjoy some personal time. I must say that I've been quite productive with those two hours. It's been lovely. Now I fear that she will merely do what her big brother did and climb out every time she gets the chance. I am just waiting for the tell-tale sounds of bare feet pitter pattering across the bathroom floor soon after saying good night. For now, I'm going to try and stretch the fading crib days out for another month. (though I seriously doubt it will last that long). I am going to place another crib mattress on the floor for safety reasons now. I don't want that late night run to the ER with a broken arm, if ya know what I mean. But my mom was nice enough to store Alex's old toddler bed until the day when we would need it again. She brought it back over as my 'just in case' back up. I have a feeling that we will soon be a non-crib family. Huh...for some reason I expected there to be a crib in the house for much longer. Strange to think it will forever go into storage after this. They really are babies for such a short time. I think I might miss it.